Blog Every Day in August - Day 5

Today's theme is "What's in my make up bag?" Well, I don't wear make up very often but I sure do seem to have a lot of it!

I keep my make up in this case, my father in law bought it for me a looong time ago. It's huge!

Here you can see dry shampoo and my big eyeshadow palette. 

Now on to some favourites!

This is one of my most used eyeshadow palettes, it's an Urban Decay one that I've had for years. 

This is MAC concealer, it's super pale and it's my favourite. This is a new tube I treated myself to a couple of months ago because I lost my old one and I find it difficult to match any others to my skin tone. 

This is one of my favourite lipsticks, it's by Rimmel. 

This is my only mascara, also by Rimmel. It's brown black because I find black too harsh on my eyelashes. 

And THIS is my best kept secret! It's the BEST blusher for my skin tone, it isn't too pink but kind of bronzed pink. One small sweep goes a loooong way!

Style XL and Blog Every Day in August - Day 4

The theme for today is very appropriate! Steph asks "Have you been to any blog related events or are you going to any soon?" Well this weekend I went to the amazing Style XL! It was held in Leicester and organised by the beautiful Leah of 30 Something Curvy Me. It was fun and professional and I'm already looking forward to next year's!

I was lucky enough to model for three brands - Topsy Curvy, Simply Be, and Yours. I will showcase the clothes I wore later on in the month, but for today I'm showing you what I wore to the event.

Lee came with me as I was away last weekend and he missed me. It wasn't exactly his thing so he'd brought his Nintendo DS with him and I bribed him with the promise of food afterwards, but he actually had a really good time and enjoyed watching me on the catwalk!

I wore this Scarlett and Jo dress which I got in the Evans sale a few weeks ago. It is absolutely BEAUTIFUL. The top has a lovely scoop neck, the sleeves are a nice length, and then the skirt is this beautiful satiny floral fabric over a netted underskirt and lining. I felt really pretty, but this is also a really easy dress to wear.

I was really excited to meet a few people at the event that I've only spoken to online before. Annelise was one of them.

Here we are in front of the cupcake stall in our own clothes. I love the t-shirt Annelise is wearing! Her lovely husband Mike took this photo.

After the event Debz had booked a table at a Wetherspoons in Leicester city centre so we went along for food and drinks. I decided on a pitcher of Purple Rain cocktail and it was served in a bucket!

Finally, here's a photo of me and Annelise and Debz, both of whom are really lovely people. It was lovely to meet them and plenty of others!

See you next year!

Wardrobe Tour Part 1

I recently went through all my clothes and got rid of loads of clothes. Some are destined for eBay and some for a clothes swap. I thought you might like to see my wardrobe, my hanging hooks, and my drawers. I'm going to split this into three though, because there's lots of photos!

My wardrobe is a double wardrobe, it has a hanging space and a shelf above which I didn't take photos of but which has painting clothes, my wedding parasol, other stuff like that. The hanging space is FULL. Under the hanging stuff is all bags and shoes.

Okay so this is a photo of the dresses that live in the wardrobe. I tried to put winter dresses in here as it's summer currently, so these are mostly long-sleeved and lesser worn dresses. 

I love to look at other people's dress photos because I like to see which I can recognise! 

These are my skirts. Most of these are handmade, to be honest. I like making sari material into skirts and it's relatively inexpensive. The tartan skirt on the right was made quite recently, by my mum. 

These are the only two pairs of trousers I own. A pair of jeans from Simply Be and a pair of green cords from Crazy Clearance. 

These are my hanging tops. They're mostly for work and stuff. There's a couple of cardigans here too. 

Now this wardrobe is technically Lee's. But he only ever wears t-shirts, so I've taken this over. That purple shirt right on the right belonged to my dad, I liked it so after he died I took it. It's got a couple of his ties around the hanger too, including his Tottenham Hotspur one! (He was a fan for 45 years). Next to the purple shirt is the black shirt that Lee got married into 9 years ago. 

Then there's dresses, more winter ones. Then there's a few jumpers and cardigans, also more suited for the winter. 

That'll do for now, showing you the wardrobes! More next post :) 

Blog Every Day in August - Day 2

I have a post scheduled for tomorrow so I'm skipping today's theme, which is about blog challenges, as I don't join in any fashion ones any more. Instead I'm going to do Day 3 today, which is about the last book I read.



I read this book over last weekend. I saw it mentioned on a blog I read, thought it sounded like my kind of thing, and immediately got it for a couple of quid on eBay (I love eBay). I devoured it; it's really good and I recommend it!

It's about a midwife who does a home Caesarean on a dead woman on a cold night when she can't get the woman to a hospital. She's arrested for murder and the story is told by her daughter, who was a teenager at the time. It is easy to read but has enough twists and turns to keep the interest. I would give it a strong nine out of ten!

Here's the rest of the days in the challenge:

1.          Introduction who am I?

2.          Do you join in with any Linky’s or blog challenges? Tell us about them

3.          What was the last book you read?

4.          Have you been to any blog related events or are you going to any soon?

5.          What's in my makeup bag?

6.          Restaurant visit (The last on you went to / your favourite) 

7.          What are your holiday essentials? (Clothes, products Misc that you can’t live without)

8.          Make something (Share a recipe or just what you had for tea)

9.          What skincare products are you using? 

10.       Room tour

11.       What have you been wearing this week?

12.       Savoury or Sweet, Discuss 

13.       Inside my wardrobe

14.       False Eyelashes or show us an Eye makeup style

15.       Day out

16.       Summer Holiday (Have you got a holiday booked, tell us about it? Not going away this year, talk about your best holiday)

17.       Party Food, what makes a good party buffet for you. Maybe you’ve had a party recently and not had chance to blog about it. 

18.       Lip products

19.       Your Local Town or City

20.       Style yourself for a blogging event

21.       Drinks (what's your cup of tea or tipple) 

22.       Best Buys and Worst beauty buys

23.       A day in the life (let us follow you around)

24.       Nails

25.       If you could only eat one food forever what would you pick

26.       What’s in your to read pile?

27.       Share some blogger love. Which blogs do you enjoy reading and why?

28.       Essentials for a weekend away. What would you take?

29.       Your favourite place

30.       Empties (think ahead save the packaging of anything you use up this month and do a mini review of products you have got to the end of)

31.       Highlights of the Month

Blog Every Day in August - Day 1

Steph at Seeing Spots is doing a Blog Every Day in August challenge and I thought I'd join in. Well why not?! I have a few things scheduled already so I might miss a day here and there or delay a day, but the plan is to have 31 blog posts by the end of the month!



Today's post is "Introduction Who Am I?" So, here goes:

My name is Rebecca and I live in Barnsley in South Yorkshire with my partner. I am a self-employed bookkeeper; I currently work for two charities and a media agency. I'm also studying for my MA in Creative Writing at Sheffield Hallam university. My passion is Young Adult literature, but I also write poems and short stories.

I'm plus size and have been for my entire adult life. I own way too many dresses and far too much nail polish. I'm a crocheter so I have a lot of wool. I also have a lot of penpals. I love stationery and stickers. I do a few other types of craft, too. I'm passionate about politics and have organised plus size events. I'm really into punk music and DIY. I write a zine called Opinionated Nobody. I love blogging and all the lively people I've met through it.

I like going on holiday and am getting a taste for camping. I suffer from severe anxiety and depression which is why I don't work full time, but I know how to take care of myself. I have a small black and white tuxedo cat called Ivy. I love my friends, most of my family, and Lee.

Here are the post themes:

1.          Introduction who am I?

2.          Do you join in with any Linky’s or blog challenges? Tell us about them

3.          What was the last book you read?

4.          Have you been to any blog related events or are you going to any soon?

5.          What's in my makeup bag?

6.          Restaurant visit (The last on you went to / your favourite) 

7.          What are your holiday essentials? (Clothes, products Misc that you can’t live without)

8.          Make something (Share a recipe or just what you had for tea)

9.          What skincare products are you using? 

10.       Room tour

11.       What have you been wearing this week?

12.       Savoury or Sweet, Discuss 

13.       Inside my wardrobe

14.       False Eyelashes or show us an Eye makeup style

15.       Day out

16.       Summer Holiday (Have you got a holiday booked, tell us about it? Not going away this year, talk about your best holiday)

17.       Party Food, what makes a good party buffet for you. Maybe you’ve had a party recently and not had chance to blog about it. 

18.       Lip products

19.       Your Local Town or City

20.       Style yourself for a blogging event

21.       Drinks (what's your cup of tea or tipple) 

22.       Best Buys and Worst beauty buys

23.       A day in the life (let us follow you around)

24.       Nails

25.       If you could only eat one food forever what would you pick

26.       What’s in your to read pile?

27.       Share some blogger love. Which blogs do you enjoy reading and why?

28.       Essentials for a weekend away. What would you take?

29.       Your favourite place

30.       Empties (think ahead save the packaging of anything you use up this month and do a mini review of products you have got to the end of)

31.       Highlights of the Month

Captain America Crochet Shield

I thought I'd show you this quick make I did for my friend Jacqui. I wanted to make a Captain America shield so I just winged it from a picture. I couldn't make a solid silver star small enough to go on the blue, so I could do the blue bigger. But I'm quite pleased with this anyway!

What My Mum Wore

Welcome to the 2nd of this occasional series "What My Mum Wore". As before, my mum is mid 50s, and a size 18/20. I hope that some older women can see that plus size fashion isn't just for young people! I think you'll agree that my mum looks fab!

Skirt - Marks & Spencer

Top - New Look

I love this skirt - it's such a bright vibrant colour, and the top sets it off beautifully.